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MA Holds Strong for Gay Marriage Rights

As a native son of Massachusetts, I take pride in seeing the Commonwealth of my birth take another strong stance in favor of human rights:

A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
was defeated today by a joint session of the Legislature
by a vote of 45 to 151, eliminating any chance of getting
it on the ballot in November 2008. At least 50 votes
were needed to advance the measure…

Because fewer than 50 of the state's 200 lawmakers
supported the amendment, it will not appear on the
2008 ballot, giving gay marriage advocates a major
victory in their battle with social conservatives to keep
same-sex marriage legal in Massachusetts.